Quebec provincial police and the RCMP have seized an “important” amount of the $20 million in maple syrup that was stolen from a Quebec warehouse in August, the Montreal Gazette reports.

About 16,000 45-gallon barrels’ worth of maple syrup was siphoned off by the bandits and whisked away, most likely in a transport tanker. Police now say much of it travelled east to New Brunswick.

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Police seized some of the stolen syrup at the S.K. Export processing facility in Kedgwick, N.B. and shipped it back to Quebec.

Quebec is responsible for 70 to 80% of the world’s maple syrup, according to the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers federation.

The federation is responsible for the global strategic maple syrup reserve and stores maple syrup in large quantities, coming from up to 10,000 different producers, to limit risk.

The $20-million worth of stolen syrup was insured.

The theft was discovered in August during a routine check of the St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse. The original barrels were drained and transferred. The warehouse was secured by locks and fences and visited regularly, the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers federation said.